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# sanctum Cogitabundae

| "What? Oh, another visitor. Please, come in! You'll have to excuse the mess - the servants refuse to come in here anymore, and I really don't have the time to clear up. However, I'm always more than happy to provide information about the Artes Magicae. "No! Don't touch that! It's very delicate - it took a year for me to get it balanced like that! You'd better sit down. No! Not there! You'll squash my familiar! You'd better sit over there, on that stool. Just put those parchments on the floor. Yes, and the tortoise. I wondered where she'd got to. "Right, I suppose I'd better start again. I'm Cogitabunda filia Plagigerulus, of House Bonisagus. As you know from the Code of Hermes, it is our duty to perform research for the good of the Order, and to disseminate that information amongst its members. Well, my research is on the theory of magic itself, especially the manifestations of the Gift. I don't have the teaching powers of my collegue Alexander Scriptor, but please, if there's anything that you'd like to know, just say."

## Essays

- The Degrees of the Gift (12k) by Mark D F Shirley (added 10/12/98)
  Cogitabunda explores in her first essay the differences between the Gentle, Blatant and Standard Gift, and why those differences should exist.

- Essay on Techniques and Requisites (9k) by Andrew P Smith (added 24/10/98)
  An essay which details an alternative viewpoint on the five Hermetic Techniques, and insight as to the need for Requisites.

- Flavours of the Gift (6k) by Mark D F Shirley (updated 10/12/98)
  An essay which draws an analogy between various Flavours of the Gift, which are identified, and the bodily humours.

- Iconography of the Founders (12k) by Mark D F Shirley (added 24/8/98)
  An essay which details the common imagery of the Founders of the Order of Hermes.

- The Law of Nobility (16k) by Richard J Peaty (added 22/11/98)
  An essay which explores the relative worth of materials, as it pertains to Hermetic magic. The relative worth of the Arts, and the value of magically created materials such as gems are discussed.

- The Magics of Mythic Europe (32k) by Mark D F Shirley (added 22/11/98)
  Cogitabunda's classifications of the types of magic, both within and outside the Order of Hermes. The three main flavours of magic - mantric, goetic and theurgic - are discussed in detail.

- The Nature of the Mystical Powers (7k) by David Chart (added 22/11/98)
  Menacra of Bonisagus' essay on the nature of the sub-lunar powers (and the mystery of the supra-lunar ones).

- The origins of the Hermetic Theory of Magic (26k) by Mark D F Shirley (added 22/11/98)
  In this essay, Cogitabunda ruminates on the origin of Bonisagus' theory of Hermetic magic, and discusses the magic of each of the other Founders.

#### LINKS

- On Ghosts and Spirits
  An essay on the nature of ghosts, by Rosa filia Felis Rex, follower of Tremere.

- The Travels of Fedoso
  Can you make sense of this (in)famous Criamon text? (Click through 'Enter' and then 'The Travels of Fedoso')